Provided by the family of James Chernak, RM3/2 – 1964 -1966.

Running 22 minutes, here are some highlights:

Part 1: 1965 Westpac Cruise – February 5th to April 28th Including:

• Yokosuka Japan
• Calvert at Sea
• USS Paul Revere, APA-248 and other ships at sea
• Pearl Harbor
• Rough Seas
• High Wire Personnel Transfer from USS Paul Revere
• Hawaii & Diamondhead from the sea
• At Sea: Top-side church service, Top-side chow, choppy seas
• Welcome home to San Diego!

Part 2: Westpac Cruise ’65 – ’66 – August 23rd, 1965 to February 26, 1966

• Hong Kong (?) from sea
• At sea:
  • At the 16 minute, 5 seconds to 15 seconds: Jorge de la Rossa (left), Skip Steedsman (middle), Jack Hancock (right), as the camera pans to the left and then back right.
  • Gunnery practice, flag & signal deck
• Danang harbor

Photographs:

Also from James’ daughter, Shelia, is this photograph. Possibly taken at the start or end of the ’65 or ’66 WestPac cruise:

Marcel Jacob, from Reserve Louisiana, enlisted in the Navy on June 22nd, 1943 and joined the crew of the Calvert on July 27th, 1944 as a Seaman 2nd class. He was promoted to Seaman 1st class on Oct 1st, 1944. At this time I am unable to find the muster roll record that indicates when he left the crew of the Calvert.

Robert E. Randle, RdM3c served aboard the USS Calvert, beginning on October 1st, 1942 (day of her commissioning) and he remained aboard as a member of the Radar Division throughout the entire War, and then post-war, departing the Calvert on June 7th, 1946.

Details of his US Naval service include:

• 1942, August 5th – Enlisted in the Navy, Chicago, IL.
• 1942, October 1st – Received aboard the USS Calvert as an Apprentice Seaman (AS) from the Portsmouth, VA Naval Station. This would make him a “plank holder” as he was received aboard as part of the Calvert’s first crew immediately following the Calvert’s commissioning (on the same day).
• 1942, November 2nd – Promoted to Seaman 1st class (S1c)
• 1944, April 1st – Promoted to Radio Man 3rd Class (RdM3c)
• 1945, October – Participated in the occupation of central Japan, Hiroshima
• 1946, June 7th – Departed the Calvert, en route to San Padre, CA and then to Great Lakes Naval Station, IL for discharge from the US Navy. His final rank was Radarman 3rd Class (RdM3c).

Robert can also be seen in the 1944 Radar Division group photo page, here.

Here are a few pictures of Robert, and his father and son. Robert’s father, Thomas Clifford Randle II, served as a Radioman in the US Navy during WWI.

Thank you to Robert’s sister, Maureen, for sharing the above photographs and information on her brothers and father.

Thanks to Glynna Morse for the latest Calversion. Read it here.